Air Tractor AT-400#Variants

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| name = AT-400 family

| image = File:AirTractor_402.jpg

| caption = An AT-402 in operation, spraying a field in Washington State

| type = Agricultural aircraft

| manufacturer = Air Tractor

| designer =

| first_flight = 1979

| introduction = 1980

| retired =

| status = Active, in production

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| produced = 1979-present

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File:AT400.jpg

The Air Tractor AT-400 is a family of agricultural aircraft that first flew in the United States in September 1979. Type certification was awarded to Air Tractor in April 1980. Of low-wing monoplane taildragger configuration, they carry a chemical hopper between the engine firewall and the cockpit.

Variants

  • AT-400 - AT-301 with 680 shp (507 kW) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15AG engine and 400 US gal (1,510 L) hopper. Short-span (45 ft 1¼ in (13.75 m)) wings.{{Harvnb|Taylor|1988|p=323}} 72 built.{{harvnb|Jackson|2003|p=507}}
  • AT-400A - AT-400 with 550 hp (410 kW) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 engine. 14 built.
  • AT-401 - AT-301 with longer-span wings and 400 US gal (1,510 L) hopper, powered by 600 hp (447 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine. 168 built.
  • AT-401A - AT-401 with PZL-3S engine. One built.
  • AT-401B -Improved revision of AT-401, with revised wingtips and further increased span (51 ft 1¼ in (15.57 m)). 69 built by December 2001.
  • AT-402 - AT-401 with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15 engine. 68 built.
  • AT-402A - low cost version of AT-401B, with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 engine. 103 built by December 2001.
  • AT-402B - improved version of AT-402, with revised wingtips and increased span of AT-401B. 31 built by December 2001.

Aircraft on display

File:Air Tractor AT-400A N3159D ‘Dusty Crophopper’ at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 3 February 2024.jpg]]

  • AT-400A N3159D is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. It is decorated in a livery depicting Dusty Crophopper from the 2013 animated film Planes, having been given the livery at the request of Disneytoon Studios prior to its acquisition by the museum.{{Cite web |title=Air Tractor AT-400A "Dusty Crophopper" {{!}} National Air and Space Museum |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/air-tractor-400a-dusty-crophopper/nasm_A20210562000 |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=airandspace.si.edu |language=en}}

Specifications (AT-401)

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|stall speed mph=61

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See also

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References

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  • {{cite book |editor-last=Jackson |editor-first=Paul |title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004 |year=2003 |publisher= Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsdon, UK |isbn=0-7106-2537-5 }}
  • {{cite book|editor-last=Lambert|editor-first=Mark|title=Jane's All The Worlds Aircraft 1993–94|publisher=Janes's Data Division|location=Coudsdon, UK|date=1993|isbn=0-7106-1066-1}}
  • {{cite book |last= Simpson |first= R. W. |title=Airlife's General Aviation |year=1995 |publisher=Airlife Publishing |location=Shrewsbury |pages=31–32 }}
  • {{cite book|editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=John W. R.|author-link=John W. R. Taylor |title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988-89 |year= 1988|publisher=Jane's Defence Data |location=Coulsden, UK |isbn= 0-7106-0867-5 }}

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